Monday, January 23, 2012

Cleaning Your Cricut Mat!

Okay- Why, oh why didn't I think of this sooner???
I was making party hats for my lil one's birthday (in my pajamas, of course), and discovered that my Cricut mat was filthy and had lost it's will to stick! Boo. My local crafting establishment isn't open at 1:00 am (go figure), and I was in a bind!
But, you know what they say....
"Necessity is the mother of invention."
To my surprise, my little technique worked like a charm! And as a bonus, my Cricut mat stayed out of the land fill. A win win win! For you, your pocketbook, and the environment.:)

The Players:

Nasty, Dirty Cricut Mat

Handy dish scrubby thing and dish soap

Wet your mat....

Give it a good scrub to get all the gunk off

Let it air dry

That's all there is to it! You can see this mat and I have spent a lot of time together- and it is just as sticky as ever!

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We are two sisters who grew up watching our mom create beautiful things for her home and family. From homemade Halloween costumes to corn husk wreaths of the 80s, she did it all. We’ve inherited her love of creating beautiful things. The only hitch is one of us is married with four young children and the other is married to her job. The only time this leaves us to craft is late at night or on the weekends…usually in our pajamas. We’re Pajama Crafters, making the world cuter one post at a time!